THE SHADOW IN THE SHED
"And this Shadow, or whatever it was, was a most peculiar and unusual thing. It seemed circular in shape, tubelike; about five feet through, as near as they could tell, it extended from the dirt floor of The Shed clear to the roof, and up beyond the rafters inside it was too dim to see clearly."
"The thing was of a nondescript color, mostly gray."
"He began poking at two shiny objects, working them across the close-packed dirt floor,ignoring the Shadow, which was rippling and twisting as though annoyed by the intrusion."
"Suddenly they stopped short, for the Shadow now seemed subtly different. More colorful, more solid, and a movement to it that was sort of....an aliveness!"
The strange and evil mistiness was curling and entwining itself all about and around the cow. Thicker and thicker grew the folds of Shadow-substance."
"The colors of the thing were more pronounced, now. Flaming, angry reds, flashing blues, sickly greens and yellows."
E. Everett Evans, The Shed
The thing I'm noticing about these Stories From The Borderland entries is that, although they were made 10 years ago, I'm pretty happy with the designs & drawings.
I'm not as happy with the color & rendering. So. just like the slime, I've recolored this one. It's more accurate to the description in the story; the reds, blues, greens & yellows are all there, whereas the original was mostly blueish. I've also tried to make it look like it's becoming solid as it swirls up. I do actually like the old one but it's just not accurate to the story; it looks more like oil than an otherworldly shadow-thing.
This story was first published in the January 1953 issue of the Avon Science Fiction & Fantasy Reader with an illustration by Gerald McCann. McCann's illustration is great but it doesn't actually feature the shadow.
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